Zachary Taylor: Cherry overdose

Adyson Hammock reporter@greenepublishing.com On July 9, 1850, Zachary Taylor, the twelfth president of the United States, died after a Fourth of July celebration five days prior, where he partied hard by chugging down several glasses of milk and eating a large number of cherries. He then returned to the White House, where he chugged several glasses of cold water. It is likely the cherries and milk caused gastroenteritis, which is when the lining of the stomach and intestines becomes inflam